域 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “region”. It is written from 土 (earth; soil) and 或 (or; perhaps), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
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Structure
土 + 或
Left–right structure
Structure from: modern glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data stroke geometry (土 = strokes 0–2, 或 = strokes 3–10); radical from Unicode Unihan
Memory aid
Land (土) that someone or (或) other lays claim to — a marked-off region (域).
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 区域qū yùregion; area域 = yù
- 领域lǐng yùfield; domain; territory域 = yù
Go deeper
All readings
region; domain
region; territory; domain; field
一定范围内的地方；也指某一方面的范围。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 区域qū yùregion; area域 = yù
- 领域lǐng yùfield; domain; territory域 = yù
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 域 mean?
域 (yù) means region; territory; domain; field.
How do you pronounce 域?
It is pronounced yù.
What parts is 域 made of?
土 (earth; soil) and 或 (or; perhaps), side by side. The recorded source is: modern glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data stroke geometry (土 = strokes 0–2, 或 = strokes 3–10); radical from Unicode Unihan. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 域 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 域?
土. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 域?
Common ones are 区域 and 领域. The reading of 域 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.